Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE DISTRICT·NCES 490087000787
Escalante School
1810 W 900 N, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116 · (801) 578-8496 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
284 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 28.4% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Escalante School
Escalante School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escalante School this school | 352 | 80.7% | 27.3% |
| North Star School SALT LAKE CITY | 336 | 81.8% | 15.8% |
| Parkside School MURRAY | 454 | 74.9% | 29.2% |
| Midvale School MIDVALE | 644 | 66.1% | 16.1% |
| Odyssey School OGDEN | 520 | 78.3% | 14.7% |
| Franklin School PROVO | 398 | 72.1% | 22.8% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Escalante School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #492 of 562 | #125 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #497 of 578 ▼ 32 | #130 of 180 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #514 of 578 ▼ 1 | #133 of 180 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #496 of 613 | #150 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #73 of 556 | #26 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #188 of 559 | #100 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #15 of 582 | #13 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #107 of 388 | #49 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
352
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 611
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 352 | 19.8 | 17.8:1 | 81% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 20.3 | 18.3:1 | 80% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 22.3 | 16.3:1 | 79% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | N/A | N/A | 73% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 85% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 82% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 78% (474) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Escalante School.
About Escalante School
Escalante School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Utah, located in SALT LAKE CITY. Federal data show 352 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 28% below average.
Escalante School is one of 39 schools in Salt Lake District, which enrolls 20,086 students in total.
The largest group at Escalante School is Hispanic students, at 68%. Other students are 12% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. By comparison, Salt Lake County residents are about 21% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Escalante School scores 51%.
Teacher count: 19.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.8:1. The gap from the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is 4.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. That is 47 points above the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Escalante School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Utah public elementary schools.
In Utah, Escalante School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.3% actual against a predicted 20.3%.
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 325 public schools in the county, enrolling about 209,757, Escalante School among them.
Escalante School's closest public school neighbor is Pacific Heritage Academy, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Escalante School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 27.3% versus a 21.9% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 50 students, from 402 to 352.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
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Other Escalante schools
One other US public school is named Escalante. Escalante School is the largest of the 2.
- Escalante SchoolESCALANTE, UT · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific Heritage Academy0.3 mi · 327
- Backman School0.7 mi · 396
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education0.7 mi · 368
- Meadowlark School0.7 mi · 434
- Newman School0.7 mi · 405
- North Star School1.0 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Escalante SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Escalante School?
Escalante School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Escalante School serve?
Escalante School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Escalante School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Escalante School.
What is the student diversity at Escalante School?
Student demographics at Escalante School are roughly 12% White, 68% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Escalante School public or private?
Escalante School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salt Lake District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.